More than money. In moments. In mindshare. In meaning. Attention is what I spendwhen I forget I’m spending. I open an app. I scroll. I respond. I refresh. I …
Everything Has a Price
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Optimized Backwards
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Sometimes everything looks wrong. It looks backwards. Like I am trapped in a reflection. The problem isn’t my effort. It’s my orientation. I’m facing the …
Misdiagnosis
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My most common failure is misdiagnosis. I think I see the problem. When what I am observing is a symptom. A signal. A reaction. An echo. I name it. Frame …
Why Needs Humility
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I have lost a lot of time to ‘why’. Why did this happen?Why am I like this?Why does this matter?Why is this so hard?Those questions make me feel …
The Problem Isn’t My Problem
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By the time I feeloverwhelmed,stressed,pissed. I’ve already started moving things around. My calendar. My priorities. My effort. I look for the fix. Any …
Not Everything Good Is Mine
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A good idea. A good opportunity. A good person asking nicely. Sometimes I’m even the good person. My first filter is capacity. Can I do it?Do I have enuf …
Largest Percentage
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I’m sure I see it clearly. The dynamic. The problem. The path. I trust my read. I call it reality. It’s a fragment. The loop of filteringfor …
Perfection Isn’t a Principle
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I’m refining. Reworking. Almost there. I call it high standards. It’s fixation. I want it just right. Except I’ve never defined “right.”I couldn’t see the …
Nearness Is More Than Proximity
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I thought we were aligned. Same goals. Same direction. Same page. Then I felt distance. Drift. Disconnection. I told myselfit was timing. Or bandwidth. Or …